pawl in a sentence

Examples

1. Under that much stress, the pawl may simply break off in the transmission, leading to costly repairs.
2. On vehicles with automatic transmissions, this is usually used in concert with a parking pawl in the transmission.
3. The pawl mechanism is generally not strong enough to stop a vehicle in motion, if it engages at all.
4. When the pawl reaches its full stroke, it blocks the ratchet so it and the wipers will not overshoot.
5. The ring contained one or more notches that engaged with a pawl that advanced the next rotor to the left.
6. These cams determine the point during the piston stroke that the pawl will release, allowing that valve to close.
7. Later ratchets, from 1971 and onward, used a 9 tooth pawl making the ratchet a 45 tooth count.
8. The best you can do is dump the information from the unwanted place ( the pawl ) to somewhere else.
9. Ms . Pawl said, displaying her right arm with the pride of an artist showing off her portfolio of etchings.
10. The task of converting electronically pulsed fork vibration into rotary movements is done via two tiny jeweled fingers, called pawls.